Rail-joint.



J. A. EICHOLZ.

RAIL JOINT. APPLICATION FILED MAR.23,1908.

Patented Sept 15, 1908.

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I .is a specification, reference being had therein vide us rsfo snares PATENT critics.

JOHN A. EIOHOLZ, or HOMESTEAD, saNNsYLvANIA, .issicNoaor QNE-THIRD TOliiDWARD WALTON, or HOMESTEAD, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAIL- JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented seim. 15, 1908.

Application filed March 28, 1908. Serial No. $22,723.

' citizen of the United States of America, re-

siding at Homestead, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, havens vented certain new and useful im rovements in Rail-Joints, of which the fol owing to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to a rail joint, and the objects of my invention are, first, to proositive and reliable means for connect ing 1: e confronting ends of raiis Without the use of nuts and bolts; second, to obviate the necessity of using splice bars as a connecting medium between two rails; third, to provide novel rail chat which will prevent lateral dis lacement of; the confronting ends of two rai s; fourth, to rovide a simple and inexpensive rail joint that can be installed without the use of skilled labor.

I attained the above objects by a rail oint that will be presently described in deta' and then specifically pointed out in-the appended claims.

Referring to the drawing forming a part of this specification; Figure 1 is a plan .ota

rail joint constructed in accordance with my invention... Fig. f2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is an end view of a rail joint. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a rail chair con structed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 5 is a erspective view of the end of a rail out an sheared to: be connected by my chair, and Fig. ,6 is a erspective view of a modified form of rail c air.

In the accompanying drawings, A designates rails having their base flanges cutaway, as at 2 to provide base heads 3' for interlocking said rails in my improved rail chair.

The rail chair comprises a base plate 1 having a central oblong opening 2, to receive the base heads 3 of the rails A. The base plate 1 at the sides of the opening 2 is provided with ikc notches 4, whereby spikes 5 can be emp oycd for holding the base heads 3 in the opening 2. The ends of thechair are provided with rail braces 6 for embracing that portion of the web of said rails above the cut away portion 2 of the rail base. Besides the braces 6, the chair is provided with end extensions 7 for engaging the edges of the base of each rail, and in conjunction with; the base 1 heads 3 preventing lateral'dis'placement of 'itudinaL said rails. The chair upon its lon edges and contiguous to each end .t hereof is provided with spike notches 8 for spikes 9, I saidspikes in conjunction with the spikes 5 preventing lateral and vertical displacement of the chair upon-the tie or sleeper 10. The no construction of my rail chair permits of the ties 0r sleepers being laid in ahorizontal 7 plane, since the co11 r'ront in ends of the rails A lie partly uponone of the ties or sleepers and partly upon the chair.

In Fig. 6 of the drawings, I have illustrated -a slight modification of my invention wherein the chair is provided with double spike notches 4, permitting of four spikes 'beingused to secure the base heads in the chair.

It is thought that my invention willbe fully understood from the fore oing description andwhile I have herein described and illustrated the preferred embodiments of my invention,-I reservethe right to make such structural chan es therein'as are permissible by the appends claims.

Having now described my invention What I claim as new, is

1. In a rail-joint, the combination with rails having their base flan es' cut away'to provide base heads, or a ra .chair for connecting the confrontin ends of said rails,- said chair comprising a base plate having an oblong o c'ning and oppositely disposed spike note es, said opening bein ada ted to receive the base heads of sai rai s, r'ail braces carried by the ends of said-chair for cmbracing'the webs of said rails at the cut away portions thereof, and end projections carried by said chair for engaging the ed es of the bases of said-rail, substantially as de; scribed. f

2. In a rail joint, the combination of rails having their base flanges cut away to provide base heads, a chair foriengaging said base bein in the same plane as the base plate of heads and retaining said rails together,- said, the 0 air. 3

.ehair comprising .a base plate having an open- In testimony whereof I afiix my signature ing extending therethrough to receive said in'the presence of two witnesses.

is base heads, rail braces carried by the ends of JOHN A. EIOHOLZ.- said chair, and means for securing said base Witnesses: heads'in the opening of said base plate, the MAX Snowvrrz, baserfianges t. said rails when in position C. V. BROOKS. 

